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Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Redstone Missile, and Separate Pump

This is a Redstone missile engine, made by the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell International, accompanied by a separate pump attached to one of the missile's structural rings. The engine with its pump was flown on a Redstone vehicle launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, June 11, 1958 and then recovered near the coast of Jamaica.

Developed beginning in 1950, the Redstone was this country's first large-scale operational liquid propellant missile. On January 31, 1958, a modified version of the Redstone engine propelled the Jupiter-C launch vehicle that orbited the U.S.'s first artificial satellite, Explorer 1. This type of engine also launched the first American into space, Alan B. Shepard, aboard the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) on May 5, 1961.

This is a Redstone missile engine, made by the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell International, accompanied by a separate pump attached to one of the missile's structural rings. The engine with its pump was flown on a Redstone vehicle launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, June 11, 1958 and then recovered near the coast of Jamaica.

Developed beginning in 1950, the Redstone was this country's first large-scale operational liquid propellant missile. On January 31, 1958, a modified version of the Redstone engine propelled the Jupiter-C launch vehicle that orbited the U.S.'s first artificial satellite, Explorer 1. This type of engine also launched the first American into space, Alan B. Shepard, aboard the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) on May 5, 1961.